how to say “customer service” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/אמן-אמנית-1.m4a” /]אָמָּן Looking at the word אמן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/אמן-אמנית-1.m4a” /] without vowels, out of context, you might think it’s the Hebrew version of amen. But if אמן appears in a phrase such as הוא אמן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/אמן-אמנית-2.m4a” /] – he is an artist, the experienced Hebrew reader would know that it refers here to an artist. Although there’s…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מחאה-1.m4a” /]מְחָאָה Curiously, the word for protest – מחאה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מחאה-1.m4a” /] – is related to the expression to clap hands – למחוא כפיים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מחאה-2.m4a” /]. That’s because sometimes clapping hands isn’t always about appreciation or adoration, but rather sometimes it’s what a director might do to get their crew to focus – protesting what’s going on…

חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep.      To take full advantage of the review material, click on “Choose a study mode” in the bottom right corner of the box above. [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אוקיינוס-1.m4a” /]אוֹקְיָנוּס The largest body of water that the first readers of the Hebrew Bible knew was the Mediterranean. They called it הים הגדול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אוקיינוס-2.m4a” /] – the Great Sea. Thus there’s no word in Biblical Hebrew – or Modern Hebrew, for that matter – for ocean. Instead, we use the same word that English borrowed from Ancient…